Redline wrote:Found an Ampeg Scrambler fuzz reissue for 400 bucks, the guy accepted my offer of 350, all is right with the world.

am I missing something with that price there

Originals are north of 1000 bucks - I wanted the reissue because it's actually an improvement on the circuit.

Yeah I meant the reissue for 400 seemed pretty steep - you can get scrambler clones for half as much. Not trying to rag on you sorry; I choke pretty hard on anything more than 200 for a pedal. So would have been a stupendous deal? https://reverb.com/item/542313-ampeg-sc ... issue-2006

I found a really nice K. Zildjian New Stamp 20" cymbal in town. It was reasonable, but not cheap.Even though it's a 20", it sounds like Tony Williams 22" ride on Out to Lunch. After I played it, I was doomed.

You should have seen me choke when I ponied up 500 bucks for a real Shin-Ei Uni-Vibe 27 years ago. Now...Well, the crystal ball was working that day, I guess.

I paid (I think) about $275 for a new Van Amps Sole-Mate analog spring reverb unit, & I was like, "Whoa!" (My father might've helped out as a Xmas gift, too...) But it is the best reverb of any kind I've ever heard, so it was beyond worth it. I use it on guitar, vocals... Pretty much sounds really great on everything, & because of the spring aspect organically cuts through; the latter aspect gives it a sonic heft I just haven't heard from other reverbs. It's a great sound, period, even beyond it being a reverb. Sometimes I've accidentally dimed it when I didn't intend to & it still sounds awesome. Worth 100x what I paid in the end. At least. But whoa...

That was a few years ago, and the Sole-Mate became my marker for "most expensive pedal." Last year, however, my friend Mark Gardner handmade a tube overdrive that I tried and... Shit, man. It was $270! It is absolutely uniquely good sounding - and imparts this kind of liquidity & harmonic density to the signal via the Japanese Mullard by Matsuhita 12AX7 I stuck in there (originally a fine 12AT7, but the Mullard from the land of the rising sun was epic...). It took me a second to wrap my head around, but now it just permanently on. Again, shockingly expensive, but paid mad dividends.

Nabbed a late 60's/early 70's EBO yesterday off Chicago craigslist for a hundred bucks. It has a headstock repair that was well done, and the pick guard is chipped by the horn, but it is otherwise in fantastic condition!

yard barf wrote:Nabbed a late 60's/early 70's EBO yesterday off Chicago craigslist for a hundred bucks. It has a headstock repair that was well done, and the pick guard is chipped by the horn, but it is otherwise in fantastic condition!

I know, right? The action was really high and the guy selling it seemed to think the headstock repair was the cause. I've seen a ton of headstock repairs and fixed a couple myself and it looked like very good work to me. The action was high because the bridge was set high and the saddles were replaced with new ones that didn't have string slots filed into them yet. I also had to turn the truss rod almost a full turn. But now it plays great.

Almost no dings, no fret wear. There's finish checking over the whole thing but I love finish checking, it's gorgeous. It must've sat in it's case with a guitar strap in the same place for years because the back has, what appears to be, a fabric pattern that is the width of a guitar strap pressed into the finish. The light has to hit the guitar just right to see it.